CFD in Building Engineering

Attesz · April 11, 2015, 18:46

Hello all,

I am interested in the amount of usage of CFD in the Building (Services) Engineering field (indoor airflow). How much is it used? For what problems is it used? I heard that a normal office room/flat indoor comfort can be designed via excel sheets, and 99% CFD is not necessary at all. Is this true?

TimCFD · April 12, 2015, 04:56

Unfortunately I can´t make a statement about the Excel calculation usage in this engineering field. I think the most important application for CFD is the "fire and smoke" analysis. Other points of interests are thermal comfort, the impact of HVAC systems (temperature and velocity field), particel/species distribution in the air, ...

April 11, 2015, 18:46	CFD in Building Engineering	#1
Attesz Senior Member Attesz Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Munich Posts: 368 Rep Power: 17	Hello all, I am interested in the amount of usage of CFD in the Building (Services) Engineering field (indoor airflow). How much is it used? For what problems is it used? I heard that a normal office room/flat indoor comfort can be designed via excel sheets, and 99% CFD is not necessary at all. Is this true? __________________ I am doing CFD Consulting Services. Ich biete CFD Strömungssimulationen an.

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April 12, 2015, 04:56		#2
TimCFD New Member Tim Meier Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 11	Unfortunately I can´t make a statement about the Excel calculation usage in this engineering field. I think the most important application for CFD is the "fire and smoke" analysis. Other points of interests are thermal comfort, the impact of HVAC systems (temperature and velocity field), particel/species distribution in the air, ...